Hello everyone! I'm back from hiatus and (hopefully) ready to start up a regular posting schedule! Taking the time off was really nice and I think I need to do it more often, (although probably not for a full five weeks.)
One of the things I worked on while on break was "fancifying" a guitar! My friend Brandon had this old guitar he wanted to use as decoration, so he asked if I'd be interested in sprucing it up a bit. I agreed and after some experimentation, found that I could sketch in some really cool, abstract shapes that fit together in an organic way. (It actually took a lot of trial and error (and erasing) to come up with the right shapes and composition.)
Here's the finished designs done in pencil. (Sorry I don't have a picture of the guitar before I started drawing on it; I never seem to remember to take "before" pictures...=_=)
Once the design was finished, I traced over my pencil lines with a gold paint pen, which took to the wood really nicely. Here are a few detail shots.
Here's the finished gold outlining. I knew I wanted to work in some white as well, so I outlined all the shapes again in white paint pen.
Here's what the guitar looks like with the gold and white outlines.
At this point, I faced a dilemma; should I leave the design as it was, or fill in the shapes with white paint pen? I asked a few different people for their opinions, then decided to try a combination of both ideas; fill in some of the shapes, and leave others as outlines.
Here, the guitar is partway through the fill in process. I really had to take my time and think about which shapes to fill and which to leave as they were.
And here's the finished product! ^_^ I'm really happy with how it turned out and Brandon really liked it, too! Having a project that focused on abstract shape fit in well with taking a break from my usual way of making art.
I also did a lot of sketching in my sketchbook on break and I'll be showing some of that next week. Till then!
onward and upward,
Bethany
